Window construction



May 16, 1933. c. w. KELLY WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed March 5l. 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR CLYDE W. KELLY Ev W ATTO RN E Y May 16, 1933. l c. w. KELLY 1,909,363

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed Maroh 3l, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR CLY'DE W. KELLY ATTO RN EY May 16, 1933. c. w. KELLY WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed March 5l, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet '5 C/.YDE M KELLY BY www #M LJM fr@ lo ATTORNEY Patented May 16, 1933 UNITED STATE@ Param oFFi-cs CLYDE W. KELLY, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSGNOR TO DETROIT STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MTOHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Application filed March 31, 1930. SeriaI NQ. 440,434.

This invention relates to window constructions and refers more particularly to window constructions of that type having ay ioned to permit the passage therethrough of the ventilator' operating member and capable of being readily applied to and removed from the window.

Another object of this invention isto provide guiding means for the operator so constructed as to support the screen in assembled relation to the window frame and to maintain the screen in engagement with the frame.

A further object of this invention is to provide means cooperating with the operator to maintain the opening in the screen through which the operator passes closed.

A further advantageous feature of the present invention is to provide means of the above type operable in one position of the operator to forni an auxiliary stop for preventing swinging movement of screen relative to the frame and automatically operable upon manipulating the operator to predetermined positions to release the screen from the frame and permit detaching the same.

A still further object of the present invention resides in the provision of a window construction having a pair of openings therein one above the other adapted to be closed by swinging ventilators and contemplates a construction of the above type wherein the screen for the upper opening is fulcrumed about its upper edge for swinging movement relative to the frameand the screen for the lower window is fulcrumed at its lower end for swinging movement relative to the frame.

Other objects of this invention reside in the novel construction of the window unit which will be made more apparent as this description proceeds, especially when considered in vconnection with the accompany ing drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side Velevational View of a window construction equipped with screens.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional View taken onthe line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a side elevational view ofa portion of the window showing the transom ventilator in open position.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan lview of the operating mechanism for the lower ventilator. n

Figure 8 is a sectional View taken on the line 8 8 of Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a plan view of the transom operator partly in section.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary elevational view of a slightly mediiied form of construction.

For the purpose of illustration, I have shown my invention as applied to a easement window of the all metal type comprising a frame 10 having a pair of openings therein one above the other. The upper opening will be referred to hereinafter as the transom opening and is closed by a suitable ventilator 1l hingedly connected atits upper edge to the top bar 1Q, of the frame for outward swinging movement. The lower opening is closed by a ventilator 13 pivotally connected at one side edge te the side bar 14' of the frame and like the transom ventilator swings outwardly.

The ventilator 13 when in closed position is maintained in engagement with the frame by means of a suitable latch 15 carried by the' frame and having a. handle 16 arranged upon the inner side of the window. The ventilator 13 is moved to and held in its various positions of adjustment by an operator 17 also positioned upon the inner side of the frame 10 and comprising a rod 18 pivotally connected as at 19 to the lower edo'e of the ventilator adjacent the swinging edge thereof. The rod 18 is slidably guided in a support 20 pivotally mounted upon a bracket 21 which in turn is rigidly secured to and extends in wardly from the bottom bar 22 of the frame 10. The construction is such as to permit the actuating rod 18 and its support 21 to move angularly relative to the bracket during opening and closing movements of the ventilator 13. As shown particularly in Figure 8, the bracket is provided with a wall 23 spaced inwardly from the frame a sutilcient distance to receive the lower bar of the screen 24 so as to pivotally support and maintain the same in engagement with the frame 10.

The screen 24 is positioned at the inner side of the frame 10 and is apertured as at 25 and 26 to permit the passage therethrough of the latch operating handle 16 and actuating rod 18. The upper bar 27 of the screen is normally maintained in engagement with the transverse bar 28 of the trame by means of clips 29 pivotally connected to the latter bar in spaced relation to each other and having portions 30 normally engaging the upper bar 27 of the screen. rlhe arrangement is such that manipulation of the clips to release the portions 30 thereof from the screen permits the latter to swing inwardly about the lower edge thereof out of engagement with the frame. Zhen it is desired to install the screen, the lower bar thereof is merely placed upon the bracket 21 in advance of the wall 23 and the upper bar 27 moved into engagement with the bar 28. After the above operation is completed the clips are merely moved to bring the portions 30 thereof into engagement with the bar 27 ot the screen.

The transom ventilator 11 is moved and maintained in its various positions of adjustment by means of the operator 31 comprising a rod 32 having one end pivotally connected by means of a substantially vertically eXtending pivot 33 to a projection 34 extending inwardly from the lower bar of the ventilator frame. The construction is such as to permit the rod 32 to assume a position substantially perpendicular to the bar 35 when the ventilator' is in open position and to assume a position substantially parallel with the latter bar when the ventilator' is in the position illustrated in Figure 1. As shown in Figure 4, when the ventilator is in its closed position, the free end of the rod is adapted to engage within a recess 36 formed in a bracket 37 projecting inwardly f from and Vsecured to the lower bar 35.

For guiding the rod 3.2, I provide a bracket 38 secured to the inner side of the lower bar 35 of the iframe 10 and projecting upwardly from this latter bar. rlhe bracket 33 is formed with an opening 39 therethrough in alignment with the projection 34 and sl idably receives the latter and rod 32. The arrangement is such that when the parts are in the position shown in Figure 1, the projo"- tion entends through the opening 39 a suticient distance to locate the pivot 33 inwardly beyond the bracket to permit the rod to be swung to the position illustrated in the above ligure. Mounted within the bracket 38 above the opening 39 Jfor' vertical sliding movement is a closure member 4() maintained by the action of gravity into engagement with the upper side of the rod With the latter construction and assuming that the parts are in the position illustrated in Figure 2, it will be observed that upon lifting the free end of therod to disengage one of the notches 41 in the bottom surface thereof from the lower wall oi the opening 34, the closure member 40 automatically moves upwardly permitting the rod 32 to be actuated for closing the ventilator 11 or for opening the latter to a greater decree. ln the event it is desired to open the ventilator l1 to a greater degree, the rod is merely moved outwardly until the next adjacent notch assumes a position opposite the lower wall or' the opening 39 at which time the rod 32 automatically moves downwardly to engage the notch with the wall aforesaid. As the rod 32 drops downwardly, as speciiied above, the closure member 40 also drops under the ad tion ot gravity and cooperates with the rod 32 to close the opening 34.

The brackets 37 and 38, in addition to performing the above functions, also operate to support the transom screen 42 in operative position relative to the frame 10. The screen 42 is positioned upon the inner side of. the frame 10 and the lower bar 43 thereof rests upon the brackets 37 and 38 and isnotched as at 44 and 45 to receive portions of the brackets. The notch 44 is ot' sucient dimension to receive the bracket 37 and permits the lower bar 43 to rest upon the substantially flat surface 46 on the bracket 37 in advance of the shoulder 47 formed by the recess 36 in the bracket 37. The arrangement is such that the shoulder 47 engages the inner surface of the lower bar 43 and prevents lateral movement of the screen relative to the window frame. The notch 45, on the other hand. receives the upwardly projecting portions of the bracket 38 permitting the lower bar 43 to seat upon the latter bracket in advance of the shoulder 49 extending upwardly from the bracket in advance of the closure member 40. Thus, it will be observed that the notch 45 permits the rod 32 to pass through the screen tothe ventilator 11 and thisnotch is normally closed by the bracket 38 and closure member 40 as hereinbefore set forth so as to prevent iiies or other insects from escaping past the screen through the slot.

rIhe upper portion of the screen is held into engagement with the upper-bar of the frame by means of clips 50 rigidly secured to the latter bar and having portions extending over the upper bar 5l of the screen. The clips 50 are so constructed as shown in Figure 2 to permit sufficient upward movenient of the screen to release the lower bar from the Shoulders i7 and i9 and permit the lower bar to be swung inwardly for detaching the screen.

In order to prevent accidental inward movement of the transom screen, I provide additional'means for retaining the screen in assembled relation to the frame l0. This means requires the transom ventilator actuating rod 32 to be in predetermined positions before the screen can be detached from the frame l0. As shown in Figure 3, the means specified above is in the form of the closure member 40 which is so constructed that when the notches in the rod 32 are out of engagement with the lower wall of the opening 39,

the upper end ot the closure projects above j the shoulder Li9 a distance slightly greater than the extent of upward movement of the screen permitted by the clips 5'0. As a consequence, one. of the notches in the rod 32 must be in engagement with the lower wall of the opening 39 before the screen can be detached from the frame 10. Thus, from the foregoing it will be observed that I have provided adjustable auxiliary retaining means for the screen 41 depending upon the position of the ventilator actuating rod 32 for releasing the screen from the frame. It will further be seen that the closure member Ll() performs a dual function in the construction thereby simplifying the structure and reducing the number of parts thereof. As shown in Figure 5, I provide suitable handles i'providing grips for operating the screen. These handles are preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal having the end portions bent at substantially right angles and extended within the screen frame.

'I'he modiiied form of the invention illustrated in Figure 9 is identical in construction to the one just described with the exception that the transom ventilator operating rod 55 is pivoted to the swinging edge of the ventilator by means of a substantially horizontal pivot 56 permitting the rod to assume the position illustrated in the above ligure where it may be conveniently reached. `With this latter construction the provision of a bracket for maintaining the free end of the operator in position on the frame when the ventilator is in closed position is not necessary since the weight of the rod is sutiicient to maintain the ventilator closed.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. In a window construction,the combination of a frame having swinging ventilators one above the other, a screen for the lower ventilator fulcrumed about its lower edge for movement into operative position, and a screen for the upper swinging ventilatorfulcrumed about its Lipper edge for movement into operative position.

2. In a window construction, the combination of a frame having swinging ventilators one above the other, a screen for the lower ventilator fulcrumed about its lower edge for movement into operative position, a screen for the upper swinging ventilator fulcrumed about its upper edge for movement into operative position, and operators for actuating both vventilators projecting through openings in said screens. i

3. In a window construction, a frame having a transom opening therein, a swinging ventilator for said opening, a removable screen for the opening positioned upon the inner side of the frame and fulcrumed at its upper edge for movement into and out of operative position, and-an operator for the ventilator proj ecting through the screen.

4. In a window construction, a frame having a transom opening therein, an outwardly swinging ventilator for said opening, a screen positioned upon the inner side of the frame and fulcrumed at its upper edge for inward swinging movement relative to the frame, an operator for the ventilator projecting through an opening in the s creen, a guide member for said operator having portions operable to support and maintain the screen in assembled relation to the frame, and a gravity actuated closure member mounted within said guide memberA and cooperating with the operator to close "the opening in the screen.

5. In a window construction, a frame having a transom opening therein, a ventilator pivotally connected at its upper edge to the upper bar of the frame for outward swinging movement relative thereto, a screen at the inner side of the frame fulcrumed at its upper edge for inner swinging movement relative to the frame, an operator connected to the lower swinging edge of the ventilator and passing through anopening in the screen, and a gravity actuated closure member slidably carried by the frame and cooperating with the operator to maintain the opening in the screen closed.

6. In a window construction, a frame having a transom opening therein, a swinging ventilator for the opening, an operator for actuating the ventilator, a removable screen for the opening and means for maintaining said screen in assembled relation with the frame and automatically operable upon manipulation of the operator to a predetermined position to release saidscreen and per- CSB mit the same to be detached from the frame.

7. In a window construction, the combination of a frame having an opening therein, a ventilator for the opening having its upper end pivotally connected to the 'frame for outwardly swinging movement, a screen for the opening mounted upon the inner side ot' the frame and tulcrumed about its upper edge for inward swinging movement, an operator connected to the lower end of the ventilator for actuating the same and projecting through an opening in the screen, a guide for the operator carried by the trame and having a shoulder in juxtaposition to the lower edge of the screen for maintaining the same in operative r-elation to the frame, means engaging the upper end of the screen permitting movement of the latter upwardly a sutiicient distance to release the lower edge of the screen from the shoulder, and a gravity actuated element slidably mounted in said guide and having a portion normally projecting above the shoulder aforesaid forming an auxiliary stop to prevent inward movement of the screen.

8. In a window construction, the combination of a trame having a transom opening therein, a ventilator for the opening having its upper end pivotal ly connected to the frame for outward swinging movement, a screen for the opening fulcrumed about its upper edge for inward swinging' movement, an operator connected to the lower end of the ventilator for actuating the same and projecting through an opening in the screen, a guide 'for the operator carried by the trame and having a shoulder in juxtaposition to the lower edge of the screen for maintaining the same in operative relation to the frame, means engaging the upper end of the screen. permitting movement of the latter upwardly a suiiicient distance to release the lower edge oit the screen trom the shoulder, and a gravi ty actuated element slidahly mounted in said guide and cooperating with the portion oi the operator projecting through the screen to close the opening in the latter, said element normally projecting above the shoulder aforesaid to form an auxiliary stop :for the swinging edge Vof the screen and operable upon manipulating the operator to predetermined positions to automatically drop helow the shoulder and permit detaching the screen from the frame.

9. In a window construction, the combination of a frame having an opening therein, an outwardly swinging ventilator for the opening, a screen for the 0j ening having its upper edge fulcrumed upon the frame tor in.- vvard swinging movement., an operator connected to the swinging edge ot the ventilator for actuating the same and projecting through an aperture in the screen, means supporting the operator from the 'frame and operable to normally maintain said screen in CLYDE W. KELLY. 

